Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 00:44:22 +0000
Our Tesla Model 3 cross-country road trip state-by-state breakdown: Utah: 99 miles, Wyoming: 450 miles, South Dakota: 450 miles, Minnesota: 250 miles, Wisconsin: 240 miles.
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 23:54:14 +0000
Maybe it is my demographic, but I am finding that touring the country in an electric vehicle is vastly different to the mad dash to the destination in a petrol car. Being an EV tourist is different. Take Brian and his wife Kate, for example. They deliberately chose to drive to a location just because […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 05:25:16 +0000
Newly retired from his job as an IT architect, Paul and his wife decided to live the dream and bought a blue Tesla Model 3 LR three months ago. They decided to test it out and check out the various charging options on a recent road trip to Port Macquarie (NSW) from Brisbane (Queensland). Paul […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:01 +0000
You still have to plan well and use charger problem solving skills when undertaking a long trip in Australia due to incomplete charging networks, as we have previously written about here and here. Arthur and Laurel Hunt recently made a return trip from Yeppoon in Central Queensland to southern Tasmania in their three-year old Tesla […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:58:53 +0000
The Tesla community is a close-knit network, and many enthusiasts have taken to documenting their experiences with the electric vehicles either for fun, to spread sustainability awareness, or even to raise funding for certain causes, among other reasons still. In recent months, Model Y owner C Woody has decked his vehicle out in preparations for […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:19:38 +0000
Needing a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city, we headed for the high country of Ravensbourne National Park for a short break. Rob and Annette had graciously invited us to stay at their “Escape.” We charged up overnight to 100% (335 km in our 2019 Model 3 SR) and packed up […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:25:14 +0000
Geoff Walden is organising the entertainment for the upcoming Orange Festival in Gayndah, and he has invited a group of us from the Australian Electric Vehicles Association to attend. Gayndah is a small rural town about 2 hours inland from Gympie, Maryborough, and Bundaberg in Queensland. It is obviously a productive citrus-growing area. The Orange […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 08:02:23 +0000
Mark Purcell and his family have just completed a holiday drive, travelling 8000 km from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to Hobart in Tasmania and back, all the while myth busting about the capabilities of electric vehicles. He tells me that he visited 19 Tesla Superchargers with zero wait time at a total cost of […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:20:19 +0000
The great Aussie road trip continues. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Our Bairnsdale accommodation was not only luxurious but had Tesla destination chargers. We had a stress-free few days visiting spots around Lakes Entrance in Victoria. We walked out to the entrance itself — a 5 km round trip — and saw […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:00:23 +0000
For the beginning of the great Aussie road trip in EVs, you need to read part 1. In Sydney, we stayed with old school friends and demonstrated how we could charge in their garage over the weekend. He is a big fan of Lexus, but they can only offer an EV with 200 km of […]